Miner s lamp



(No Model.)

C. L. ANTON.l MINBRS LAMP.

,031. Patented Apr. 2s, 1.895.

TN: NoRms PErsns co., woaurno.. WASHINGTON. o. c

NITED STATES PATENT MINERS LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,031-, dated April 23, 1895.

Application filed October 25, 1894. Serial No. 5263903. (No model.)

To all whom it may concerne Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER L. ANTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monongahela City, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cerf tain new and useful Improvements in Miners Lamps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, sucn as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in miners and drivers lamps, and refers specially to a shield or guard for the lamp, and the object of my invention is the provision of ya simple, cheap and practical device to be attached to the spout of the lamp,- thus preventing the iame coming in contact with the body of the lamp, and preventing it from becoming heated and falling apart, which is often the case causing the loss of life and destruction of property; also to form a perfect guard or shield and prevent the flame from heating and burning the head of the miner or driver, and also to prevent the flame from being extinguished when in a strong draft of air.

The invention consists in the combination with a miners or drivers lamp and of a shield or guard of novel and peculiar construction, as will appear from the following description.

In order that the construction of my shield or guard may be readily understood, as Well as its advantages be appreciated, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings a lamp provided with my guard or shield.

Figure l represents a perspective view of the lamp having the guard. Fig. 2 represents' a vertical central view thereof.

In the drawings A designates the lamp, having the attaching tongue B, and provided with wick tube or spout C, all of well known construction.

My improved guard orshield D is a Iiat metal plate having an oval shape, and provided with the spout receiving opening E, and at the lower edge of said opening is made a kerf or notch" F, which receives the locking or fastening tongue G, which is rigidly attached to the spout. This shield not being held on with solder cannot melt od by the fiame striking it.

In attaching the shield to the spout I may place the same upon the spout, then pass the tongue into the notch of the shield and then solder the tongue to the spout and thus rigidly attach the shield in position, or I may place the shield over the spout and bend the tongue previously secured to the spout, down to engage the notch and. secure the shield, as will be readily understood.

From this construction it willbe seen thatL I provide a simple and inexpensive device which will form a perfect shield or guard and which will prevent the light frombeing extinguished when in a strong draft of air; also which will prevent the flame from heating or burning the head of the miner or driver, and which is entirely practical.

I claim-- In a miners lamp, the combination of the lamp body, the spout extending upward there` 

